Washington Heights

Washington Heights is a neighborhood of northern Manhattan, New York City. The neighborhood was named for Fort Washington, an American Revolutionary War-era fort that had been named for General George Washington. It was nicknamed "Frankfurt on the Hudson" from the 1930s to the 1970s, as most of its inhabitants were German Jews. However, immigrants from the Soviet Union arrived in the 1970s, and immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean came in following years. In the 1980s, African-Americans moved into the area, and Washington Heights became known as a center of Hispanic and black ghetto culture, especially Dominican culture.